# Default\_action, out\_of\_scope

**URL:** <https://forum.rasa.com/t/default-action-out-of-scope/3252>\
**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/default-action-out-of-scope/3252 "2018-12-04T09:37:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![JoeTorino](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/joetorino/32/951_2.png) [@JoeTorino](https://forum.rasa.com/u/JoeTorino)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/default-action-out-of-scope/3252/1 "2018-12-04T09:37:21Z")

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Hey guys,

I’m trying to think of a way of introducing my default action, I have a few questions related to some of the rasa core features.

- I want my chatbot to restart the conversation if it finds itself out of scope for several states (lets say after not understanding anything after 3 input messages it restarts). How do I do that?

- Also if I want to introduce this feature into my bot do I have to introduce stories showing the bot failing?

- Finally do I really need an out\_of\_scope intent? This seems to define a particular space in which the bot does not understand when I don’t want that.

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**Author:** ![vivekanon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/45deac/32.png) [@vivekanon](https://forum.rasa.com/u/vivekanon)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/default-action-out-of-scope/3252/2 "2020-04-19T12:35:47Z")

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@JoeTorino Im trying to do the first one as well. Any luck ?